It’s that time of year again–Greenpeace has released the 9th edition of The Guide to Greener Electronics. The guide scores companies based on a set of criteria for chemicals, e-waste, and energy. This year, Nokia regained its first place crown…
Today wasn’t the best day for an investment bank to seek coverage of a big corporate social responsibility initiative. But Lehman’s collapse didn’t stop Goldman Sachs from going ahead with the long-planned announcement of new partners for its “10,000 Women”…
Sanofi-aventis selects humanitarian sponsorship actions on the basis of 6 main criteria: Consistency: Prioritize thematic actions: health - solidarity - childhood in the field of prevention, education, training, hygiene, access to care, combating exclusion, disability, children's traumas... Usefulness: Respond to…
Ce sondage planétaire a été réalisé début 2008 par l'institut canadien GlobeScan (Global Public Opinion and Stakeholder Research), à la demande de la National Geographic Society. Les modes de vie, les comportements d'achat et la conscience environnementale de 14 000…
Les américaines Geovic et Hydromine dans l’exploitation du cobalt, de la bauxite, nickel et manganèse; l’australienne Sundance Ressources Ltd dans l’exploitation du fer; la Sud-coréenne C&K Mining et la sud-africaine Africa Aura dans l’exploitation de l’or. Le secteur des mines…
Parc informatique quasi-inexistant, connexion internet de très mauvaise qualité, Microsoft a du pain sur la planche au Congo. Le pays et Microsoft ont conclu pour ce mois de septembre à Brazzaville, un accord-cadre d'assistance technique qui a pour objet d'anticiper…
Compass Group North America is advancing its national partnership with Pura Vida, working towards Pura Vida's commitment to improving the communities that supply its coffee through a donation to Project Mercy, a non-profit group dedicated to alleviating hunger in Ethiopia…
OSLO - Norway's sovereign wealth fund has sold its $850-million stake in mining group Rio Tinto, blaming it for environmental damage in Indonesia, the government said yesterday. The finance ministry excluded the company from Norway's $375-billion fund, selling in the…
Le moteur de recherche sur internet Google, la première banque européenne HSBC et le cà¢blo-opérateur Liberty Global se sont associés dans un projet destiné à fournir un accès internet haut débit à faible coà»t à trois milliards de personnes vivant…
Increased attention on product human risk and smaller media coverage of drug donations have challenged Pharmaceuticals' ethical reputation last year, states a report published today by Geneva-based research firm Covalence — Covalence Pharmaceutical Industry Report 2008. The pharmaceutical industry dropped…
